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The Letter Jar: October 2010
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I Aint Seen Nothing Yet. Finding the Right Words . Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Image courtesy of Svilen Milev, www.efffective.com. I remember the hat you mentioned. Your brother said it made me look old. I still have that hat, but, I don't need it to look old. Yesterday I received a letter back from my Uncle F. In my letter to him I had recalled a roller coaster I once rode with him and how he lost his hat when the ride went upside down. I was so touched to see the logbook entry from 1979. That airpla...
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The Letter Jar: March 2011
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Monday Letter Lore: A Quarter Centurys Worth of . Monday Letter Lore: In the end you are sure to su. Winner, Week 1. Introducing The Letter Jar Challenge. Monday, March 28, 2011. Monday Letter Lore: "A Quarter Century's Worth of Thanks". If The Letter Jar project has had one consistent theme, it's gratitude. At times it has seemed there are as many reasons to be grateful as there are names in the jar (a wonderful situation indeed). I've thanked:. For his dedication and creativity. To the EMU gang:. I rem...
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The Letter Jar: June 2010
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The Paradoxes of This Project. A Job Well Appreciated. The End and The Means. When Flow Turns to Overflow. Signed, Sealed . Delivered? Wisdom . Without Warning. Tuesday, June 29, 2010. The Paradoxes of This Project. This project may be about old-fashioned communication but, paradoxically, I'm certain I couldn't do it without the Internet. Even without this blog- a fun 21st companion to a 19th century communication endeavor- I would find myself quite frequently on the Web. Though I've yet to have anyone t...
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The Letter Jar: July 2010
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Could it possibly really be a wonderful life? Connection, Reflection, Collection. Letters for a Rainy Day. Where Have My Letters Gone? Friday, July 30, 2010. So I started out. For God knows where. I guess I'll know. When I get there. Tom Petty, "Learning to Fly". If The Letter Jar project had a soundtrack, that song would probably be the opening cut. And enjoying as well, the people I'm lucky enough to meet along the way. I appreciate the reminder of life's surprises, as I now find myself not moving phys...
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The Letter Jar: May 2010
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The Gift of Words. You Cant Always Get What You Want. The Music in My Heart. Sunday, May 30, 2010. The Gift of Words. This week I received a letter from S, a former boss to whom I wrote one of my very first letters in THE LETTER JAR project. I had written to S that my experience working for her was a model for how I want to behave as a supervisor. BACK TO THE FUTURE. Posted by Lynn, the letterwriter. Wednesday, May 19, 2010. You Can't Always Get What You Want. The thing about a cliché . well, there h...
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The Letter Jar: August 2010
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Like Neon Ice Cream. Writing in the Slow Zone. Family Matters, Part II. Thursday, August 26, 2010. Like Neon Ice Cream. Yesterday I received two. Pieces of personal mail. Both replies to letters I'd sent, these letters were sweet surprises: even as my "sent" number has reached almost 150. So much so that a personal letter stands out like a tub of neon-colored bubble gum-flavor amid the vanillas and chocolates at the ice cream parlor. One letter was from my high school journalism teacher. Like an 'L' trai...
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The Letter Jar: April 2011
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Monday Letter Lore: Unpack. Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Monday Letter Lore: "Unpack". Today's letter, a reminder that not all letters need be lengthy, comes courtesy of one of my favorite new books: America 1900-1999: Letters of the Century. Hundreds of the letters by the famous, the infamous and the unknown. When a letter writer stops to read, and her mailbox is empty, this is what she picks up. After disproving the predictions to win the White House - and holding high the erroneous Chicago Tribune. Jen ha...
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The Letter Jar: February 2011
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Now What Do I Do? Tuesday, February 15, 2011. Now What Do I Do? Day 365 passed, without fanfare, on Sunday. In a year, I wrote 221 letters. Impressive in some ways, yes, but still well short of the 365 I had envisioned. There are a couple big reasons why I didn't meet my "letter a day" goal:. So now what do I do? Write the last 144 letters, and celebrate completion of my project on maybe day 525, versus 365? Or just give up? Who am I kidding? HOW DID I MISS THIS? This 2008 release "comprises 423 letters ...
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The Letter Jar: April 2010
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Risk, Reward and Recognition. The Origins of This Project. Friday, April 30, 2010. Last night I wrote a letter to A, my 2 ½-year-old niece. When I started this project and was compiling my list of names, I included my two nephews (ages 13 and 5) and niece, figuring it would be easy enough to write them letters. I also resisted the temptation to make a deeply meaningful tome, along the lines of, " The world is full of beauty and surprises, and I wish them all for you .". Writing the letter served as an un...
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